Highacres'
Kelly Yale
Miss
H ighacres Collegian Hazleton Campus
Penn State University
November 1981
Local history series pre-miers
Paterno indifferent
to ranking
Editor's note
The following is based on a
HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN
interview with Joe Paterno
on October 28, before his team's
17-14 loss to Miami last weekend.
The story, however, reflects
Paterno's attitude toward the ra -
nkings in general.
When the UPI and AP presses announced the national football
rankings on October 20, the Penn State Nittany Lions were
NUMBER ONE.
Coming off a 40-16 victory over the Syracuse Orangemen, the Nit
tany Lions garnered 36 1 / 2 out a possible 66 first place votes to sit atop
the polls for only the second time in Penn State history.
The last time the Lions received this honor was in November of 1978
when the team finished their regular season with an unblemished
record. Unfortunately though, when they met with the Alabama
Crimson Tide in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day they came out on
the losers' end and plummeted in the rankings.
There have been many times when the Nittany Lions have been
overlooked for the coveted honor of being named number one. For
example, in 1973 Penn State was the only undefeated team in the na
tion. They had completed the regular season with twelve wins and no
losses and had gone on to beat LSU in the Orange Bowl yet they were
only ranked fifth.
Pocono
Taking a look
"The Stockton Mine Cave-in"
is the first in a series of articles
on.topics of kcal historical in
terest. Later articles, for exam
ple, will include "The Hazleton
and Wilkes-Barre Railroad,"
"The Jeansville Mine Disaster,"
and other topics of interest to the
Hazleton area.
Sophomore Kelly Yale was selected over seven other contestants
as Miss Pocono 1982 in mid-September before a capacity crowd at Gus
Genetti's Best Western Motor Lodge, Hazleton.
The pageant, an official Miss AmericEPageant preliminary pro
vides educational scholarships for young women in Carbon, Columbia,
Luzerne, Monroe, and Schuylkill Counties.
Kelly, a journalism major, sang "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby" in the
talent segment of competition; and, during the summer months she
sings semi-professionally throughout the Poconos and the Lehigh
Valley with "The New Approach."
As Miss Pocono, Kelly received over $lOOO in scholarship and gift
awards; and, in June, she will represent the five-county area in the an
nual Miss Pennsylvania Pageant.
"My first reaction to winning the pageant was of shock and
disbelief," said Kelly following her coronation. "I'm now looking for
ward to representing our campus and the entire five-county area with
pride in the state pageant."
Kelly will be very busy for the next few months preparing for the
state pageant and making public appearances.
Currently she serves as an Executive Editor for The Higllacres
Collegian.
"A look at the past . . through
by—Donna Rose Roberts
the eyes of today" will accept
suggestions from Hazleton area
residents as to what topics will
appear in this series. Topics can
concern virtually any aspect of
local history, and photographs,
maps, and illustrations are also
helpful. Residents can phone in
suggestions and comments by
calling the COLLEGIAN office
at the Stockton mine cave-in
I. to t Aritospape.te ,
Penne behrend- Coe7e9e
-67-tatterti Road
le, 49 /45603
(454-6559) between 12:00 noon and
12:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays, or by mail to the
Inghacres Collegian e/o Penn
State University.
In this issue, "A look at the
past . . ." travels to the Hamlet
of Stockton, a mining-patch town
on the outskirts of Hazleton. Turn
to page seven for more on "The
Stockton Mine Cave-in."